Introduction

The Internet can be used to communicate with other people. Every day, hundreds of thousands of people all over the world are using the Internet to get in touch with others.

In this section Communicating via the Internet you will learn about some of the different communication tools that you can use to communicate with others on the Internet.

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1. What is email and how do you use it?

2. How can you get an email account?

3. What are email attachments?

4. Are your emails secure?

5. What is chat?

6. How does chat work?

7. How do you chat on the Internet?

8. How do you know who you are chatting to?

9. What are newsgroups?

10. How can you access newsgroups?

11. How do you post to a newsgroup?

12. Can you communicate privately with other newsgroup readers?

13. What can you find in newsgroups?

14. What is netiquette?

15. What are the basic rules?

16. What are emoticons?

17. What do the abbreviations mean?